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Excavated Soviet Bunker in Finland (Exploring Porkkala Ep. 1)

PORKKALA MILITARY BASE Introduction: Porkkala naval base was a Soviet military base during 1944–1956 in the municipalities of Kirkkonummi, Siuntio and Degerby at the Porkkala peninsula which is located only 30 kilometers west of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. The area was leased to the Soviet Union according to the 1944 signed Moscow Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union. The purpose of the Porkkala base was to guarantee the Soviet Union control of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland. The story in a nutshell: At the end of the Second World War the Soviet Union secured the rights of lease to a naval base at Porkkala, in accordance with the Moscow armistice agreement that ended the Continuation War, between Finland and the Soviet Union on September 19, 1944. A large area centered on the Porkkala peninsula, was leased to the Soviet Union, only ten days after the armistice. About 40 000-50 000 Soviet citizens and military personnel lived at the Porkkala base. Porkkala is also thought to have had German or Austrian prisoners of war based on German-style bunkers and buildings built there. Sergey Ivanovich Kabanov was the military commander of Porkkala. A military road and a commando bunker was named after him in the base. Although the Soviet lease for Porkkala had been approved for 50 years, an agreement was reached to return it earlier. The agreement was signed on September 19, 1955, and control of the area was handed back to Finland on January 26, 1956. There where many different reasons behind the early return, such as the renunciation of Stalinism by the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev, and also, probably the most important one, was the technological progress, as the rapid development of missile technology had already reduced the importance of defense stations at the military base. Construction: A network of several hundred artillery and machine gun bunkers were built in Porkkala between 1951-1955. In addition to bunkers, other structures and buildings were built in Porkkala, such as, artillery stations, dugouts, trenches, barracks, caves, warehouses, hospitals, schools, civilian houses, airfields, and also a navy port in Upinniemi, which the finnish army took in use after the return, and today is one of the main bases for the Finnish Navy. Bunkers: The bunker types are machine gun bunkers BUK and KPU, as well as artillery bunkers ZIF-25 and ADFS. The bunkers were not actually built until seven years after the handover of Porkkala, in the autumn of 1951, when the Soviet Ministry of Defense granted money for the purpose. Finland was forced to hand over all the cement needed to build the bunkers. The bunkers were built mainly on the sides of large field and lake openings well suited for landing operations in the Porkkala area, as well as along the railway tracks and roads. All the bunkers were blown up and covered when the base was closing in late 1955… Sources: Suljettu aika: Porkkala Neuvostoliiton sotilaallisena tukikohtana vuosina 1944-1956, Jari Leskinen ja Pekka Silvast Hanko ja Porkkala Neuvostoliiton meritukikohdat, Pekka Silvast Kirkkonummi.karttatiimi.fi Porkkala Naval Base Wikipedia I also would like to thank my associates in Helsinki for lots and lots of valuable knowledge!